Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving. It can be roasted, smoked, or even deep fried.
What is turkey?
This company's "Turkey Talk Line" answer about 100,000 turkey calls in November and December
What is Butterball?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of fall and in the most popular dessert at the Thanksgiving table.
What is pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
What is wrong in this sentence?
Sarah Josepha Hale begged many presidents to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday, but for 36 years they ignored her pleas?
What is punctuation error? (Question mark)
What food was not served at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Mashed potatoes
B. Pumpkin
C. Seafood
What is A. Mashed potatoes?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
This traditional Thanksgiving side dish was invented by Campbells to show American households how to turn green beans and cream of mushroom soup into comfort food.
What is green bean casserole?
Fix this sentence fragment:
Because hand turkeys are fun to make.
Answers will vary.
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables and is also called a horn-of-plenty.
What is a cornucopia?
True or false: Turkey was the main dish at the feast that inspired Thanksgiving.
This President was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
Who is John F Kennedy?
Both the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude with this event which hints at one of the next major holidays to celebrate.
What is the arrival of Santa Claus?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert sometimes topped with Cool Whip.
What is pumpkin pie?
Most people eat a mountain of this kind of spud on Thanksgiving, topped with a river of gravy.
What are mashed potatoes?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US.
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The indigenous people living here before Columbus who were exploited by the story of the "first Thanksgiving."
Who are Native Americans?
The name of the Native American who escaped slavery and spoke English, which made him helpful as a translator for the different peoples there.
Who is Squanto or Tisquantum?
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
Bonus!
What is one thing you are thankful for this year?
Answers will vary.
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620 are often represented with a black hat featuring a gold buckle.
Who were the Pilgrims?
Which of these is a sentence fragment?
A. I ran to the store.
B. Before I baked the pie.
C. I needed to get a crust.
What is B. Before I baked the pie?
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday?
A native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family and almost became the US's national bird.
What is a wild turkey?
Fix this sentence:
The history of Thanksgiving is not as nice as we were taught in elementary school the Pilgrims and Native Americans did not get along that well.
The history of Thanksgiving is not as nice as we were taught in elementary school. The Pilgrims and Native Americans did not get along that well.
This President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This state raises the most turkeys (approximately 49 million annually!)
What is Minnesota?
This sweet side dish is made of a red fruit harvested in bogs and many people argue over which version is better, homemade or from a can.
What is cranberry sauce?
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
A. 4,600
B. 46,000
C. 4.6 million
D. 46 million
What is D. 46 million?
What is wrong in this sentence?
Many people say that turkeys and cornucopias are the official symbols of thanksgiving.
The year of the first Thanksgiving
A. 1621
B. 1776
C. 1965
What is A. 1621?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is James Madison?
Thanksgiving Day is also an annual Canadian holiday, held in this month.
What is October?
This President proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The world's largest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed how many pounds?
A. 20 pounds
B. 200 pounds
C. 2000 pounds
What is C. 2000 pounds?
The second most-popular entree besides turkey is this, a close relative of bacon.
What is ham?
This event early in the day is the second-oldest of its kind and features many performances as well as giant balloons of iconic characters.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
This president tried to move Thanksgiving to help boost the economy but later signed a bill making the celebration at the end of November officially.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
The name for the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
What is a wattle?
Final jeopardy:
How many school days are there from the day we come back from break to Christmas vacation?
What is 18 days?